#region The MIT License
// The MIT License
// 
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// 
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#endregion
using System;
using octalforty.Componento.Shared.SemanticModel;

namespace octalforty.Componento.ComponentModel.Installation
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Provides means for retrieving <see cref="ComponentManifest"/> objects for a given Component
    /// as well as for resolving <see cref="IComponentManifestProvider"/>s.
    /// </summary>
    public interface IComponentManifestProviderService
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Returns a Component Manifest which identifies Component <paramref name="componentName"/> or <c>null</c>.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="componentName"></param>
        /// <param name="uri"></param>
        /// <param name="versionSpecification"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        ComponentManifest GetComponentManifest(string componentName, Uri uri, VersionSpecification versionSpecification);

        /// <summary>
        /// Resolves a <see cref="IComponentManifestProvider"/> capable of providing Component Manifests from
        /// <paramref name="uri"/> or <c>null</c> if no Component Manifest Provider for a given URI is registered.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="uri"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        IComponentManifestProvider ResolveComponentManifestProvider(Uri uri);
    }
}
